Been playing it for a few hours now after defeating the evil log in screen. I'm really enjoying it.
Diablo 3: Thoughts so far
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I am still amazed at how many people with delusions of entitlement rant and rave about problems that were seen coming days and weeks in advance. Also, you people, dedicated followers of Escapist, had access to the aforementioned article about preparation for launch hour. Granted, Blizzard played it down, but that is just the PR game. I took it to mean.. pretty much last night. Chaos.
Of course when a title, like Diablo 3, is hyped and anticipated to such a feverish degree, everyone and their uncle's grandmother is going to want to play right away. However, after the initial zerg/guinea pig rush, people will return to normal, and regularly scheduled hours will become the norm again. For those screaming: "Queue system/get more servers!", why would they do that? They wouldn't need them after the first 24 hours.
Is anyone still having login issues with busy servers?
My guess, from the lack of insane rambling over the past few hours, is that the answer is no. Everyone is playing comfortably and happily.
People were warned. If they didn't listen and got mad anyways, well, their fault.
INB4 I PAYED FOR THE GAME!
I will refer you guys to this.
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=312
To me, it is along the same lines. If you are not happy with the service of a game or company, you have two rational options:
1) Play the game. Hopefully you have done your research. You know the service. You know the pitfalls. Deal with it.
2) Return the game. Vote with your wallet. A company loses enough money, they will listen. They have to survive, and ensure their next paycheque.
Again, research is key. Do not blindly buy your games. Pick and choose what interests you, research the company, research the game, read the first impressions by the bazillion other gaming sites out there. Blizzard now is NOT the Blizzard that was ten years ago. Diablo 3 is NOT Diablo 2. Everything changes. Do not come in here buoyed up by your own self importance and ignorance to cast your idiotic vitriol in cyberspace. By the tone of this last paragraph, I realize that this advice may be slightly hyporatic, but there it is.
Of course when a title, like Diablo 3, is hyped and anticipated to such a feverish degree, everyone and their uncle's grandmother is going to want to play right away. However, after the initial zerg/guinea pig rush, people will return to normal, and regularly scheduled hours will become the norm again. For those screaming: "Queue system/get more servers!", why would they do that? They wouldn't need them after the first 24 hours.
Is anyone still having login issues with busy servers?
My guess, from the lack of insane rambling over the past few hours, is that the answer is no. Everyone is playing comfortably and happily.
People were warned. If they didn't listen and got mad anyways, well, their fault.
INB4 I PAYED FOR THE GAME!
I will refer you guys to this.
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=312
To me, it is along the same lines. If you are not happy with the service of a game or company, you have two rational options:
1) Play the game. Hopefully you have done your research. You know the service. You know the pitfalls. Deal with it.
2) Return the game. Vote with your wallet. A company loses enough money, they will listen. They have to survive, and ensure their next paycheque.
Again, research is key. Do not blindly buy your games. Pick and choose what interests you, research the company, research the game, read the first impressions by the bazillion other gaming sites out there. Blizzard now is NOT the Blizzard that was ten years ago. Diablo 3 is NOT Diablo 2. Everything changes. Do not come in here buoyed up by your own self importance and ignorance to cast your idiotic vitriol in cyberspace. By the tone of this last paragraph, I realize that this advice may be slightly hyporatic, but there it is.
Wow, calm down alittle. Building servers to hold the total amount of players would just be silly- seeing as 20% of them would be online regularly a week after launch. I dont like the online part of it, but i love the game so far.
Yes, and the servers of all modern blizzard games will fail the first few hours of launch- and the evening after. And then be iffy for about a week. Buy Torchlight 2 or something instead if its that important to you.
Yes, and the servers of all modern blizzard games will fail the first few hours of launch- and the evening after. And then be iffy for about a week. Buy Torchlight 2 or something instead if its that important to you.
It certainly is a nice menu, huh? I'm mostly posting this because it has now been twelve hours since you started this thread and the American servers are still down so... I can't get in to the game. Maybe I'll just go back to The Witcher 2...Frostbite3789 said:
I'm up to level 25 on my Witch Doctor, really enjoying it so far. Normal Mode is surprisingly not entirely face roll. I can AoE packs down with Acid Cloud (which is just uber), while dogs soak up damage. I completed through Act 2 in groups, and started Act 3 solo. The scaling seems pretty spot on, the only thing is that group comp can really come into play. I got grouped with a Wizard and it just wasn't happening just the two of us.
Now that I've played the game, I'm enjoying it immensely.
Now that I've played the game, I'm enjoying it immensely.
When hasn't a multiplayer title had a good launch?
And when haven't people not complained about it?
Things will be all fixed in a week. They will be semi fixed within a few hours I'm sure.
Anyways! The intro scene seems nice. As that has been all I've seen so far.
And when haven't people not complained about it?
Things will be all fixed in a week. They will be semi fixed within a few hours I'm sure.
Anyways! The intro scene seems nice. As that has been all I've seen so far.
Load spikes aren't a technology problem, they're a $$ problem. Which is why Amazon Web Services exists. Did BlizzaVision not have the time/resources to create a bunch of images on Amazon and have them ready to spin up when they hit the inevitable release day load spike? They can always spin those images down post release week when the extra capacity wasn't needed. Sounds like a bottom line decision to me.
Rogal_Ursus said:
It's asking to much for the game to be operable at launch? HAHAHA
Really? I smell so much fanboy its scary. Blizzard has been working on this game for around a decade, this shit should have been foreseen and dealt with.
Which it would be if they didn't have the pants on head retarded always online DRM.
I give them no credit, they run an MMO, THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
And why should players return their money that they spent on a product that they WANT to play but CAN'T because the company is incompetent? As a consumer they have rights to what they bought.
Stop sticking up for Blizzard, they fucked up, plain and simple.
(And this isn't even mentioning the GAME BREAKING BUGS.)
I got a bit of time in. Got to level 4, and I'm really liking it. I'm having some trouble microing because I'm a Demon Hunter and if I misclick I charge the enemy. Mechanics are fine, gameplay is great.
Unfortunately for me, the server I was on shut down, put me in a queue, and now won't let me log back on.
I will wait though. My body is ready. as it has been for years.
Unfortunately for me, the server I was on shut down, put me in a queue, and now won't let me log back on.
I will wait though. My body is ready. as it has been for years.
When the servers aren't being worked on, the game is a lot of fun. I am already having ideas of what the story is going to turn into, and want to play so I can see how it develops. That being said, how many times do they need to fix the servers in one day?
So an example of how to do it has been out a while. Shouldn't Blizzard have been able to see that's how to do it?Capitano Segnaposto said:
They announce that they wont have their game working right. Yay for them?Ranorak said:
And you buy it for launch day to be able to play on launch day. Not the day after. It's a little inconvenience, but that doesn't mean that it's not a valid gripe.
WE shouldn't have to do jack diddly squat, WE paid to PLAY blizzards crap the day it was released.Ranorak said:
This is THEIR fault for being a bunch of greedy ass retards what with their "always online" bullshit.
This sort of thing wasn't an issue 3 years ago. If I ever decide to give Blizzard my money for this game, I'll hold off on installing it until someone figures out a way to crack the game and disable the need to always be online, and just download THAT version.
(No, I am not advocating piracy, I'm saying that if I give someone money for a product that doesn't work, I'm entitled to download a modified version of it that DOES what it's SUPPOSED TO DO. It's not piracy if I actually give them my money first. Just covering my ass here.)